<p>Bathers are advised to stay away due to deterioration of the&nbsp;water quality at the bathing areas.</p>

<p>The four beaches are:</p>

<ul>
	<li>Grattan Road Beach, Galway City Council</li>
	<li>Ballyloughane Beach, Galway City Council</li>
	<li>Sandymount Strand, Dublin City Council</li>
	<li>Greystones South, Wicklow County Council</li>
</ul>

<p>The warnings states that the quality has deteriorated due to&nbsp;&quot;contamination of urban surface waters discharging into bathing water&quot;.</p>

<p>Permanent bathing restrictions are also in place for the entire season at the following locations:</p>

<ul>
	<li>Youghal Front Strand Beach, Cork County Council</li>
	<li>Duncannon, Wexford County Council</li>
	<li>Loughshinny Beach, Fingal County Council</li>
	<li>Rush, South Beach, Fingal County Council</li>
</ul>

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<p><em><a href="http://splash.epa.ie/" target="_blank">Splash</a> is the national bathing water information website for identified bathing waters around Ireland. You can check out the latest bathing water quality, if&nbsp;there are any current&nbsp;incident warnings or notifications and more information about your favourite beach.</em></p>

<p><em>The bathing water monitoring results and information available from Splash are provided by 18 local authorities. Your local authority&nbsp;should be contacted if you have any queries about the information in Splash.</em></p>
